Learning Together with Young Children by Margaret Carter

Learning Together with Young Children by Margaret Carter

Offering an alternative approach to standardization and data-driven mandates, this book puts children at the center of planning your curriculum. Rather than a prescriptive curriculum, by using The Thinking Lens(R) protocol, teachers can translate educational theories into concrete ideas for working with children and families. Learn to create a welcoming classroom culture, develop routines for self-regulation, and use Learning Stories to enhance experiences for the children in your care.

This book has been updated to examine how to work with mandated curriculum, rating scales, and assessment tools, while practicing reflective teaching.

Margie Carter holds a MA from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as a preschool, kindergarten, and primary school teacher, curriculum developer, High/Scope trainer, child care director, and college instructor.

Deb Curtis holds a MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College and has worked as an infant/toddler caregiver, preschool and school age child care teacher, CDA trainer, Head Start education coordinator, college instructor, and assistant director of a child care program.

Carter and Curtis have published six books together, including Designs for Living and Learning and The Art of Awareness.

Margie Carter has approximately 50 years of experience as a teacher, director, college lecturer, coach, and consultant in the early childhood profession. She has coauthored eight books and presented to early childhood professionals in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Margie's work pushes early childhood educators and caregivers to think differently about what children, families, and staff in programs deserve. Deb Curtis has worked with children and teachers in early childhood programs for the past 35 years, observing and analyzing children and the teaching and learning process. Deb has worked with early childhood educators in college settings, seminars, and institutes in North America, New Zealand, and Australia, in addition to teaching children. She has spent the last five years working as a toddler teacher and is the coauthor of eight books about working with young children.